Aswan Governorate

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Governorate of Egypt

Aswan Governorate is an administrative region in southern Egypt along the Nile River, known for its ancient Nubian temples, archaeological sites, and the Aswan High Dam.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Governorate of Egypt ⓘ
bordersCountry Sudan ⓘ
bordersGovernorate Luxor Governorate ⓘ
New Valley Governorate ⓘ
Qena Governorate ⓘ
Red Sea Governorate ⓘ
capital Aswan ⓘ
containsArchaeologicalSite Abu Simbel temples ⓘ
Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
surface form: Kalabsha Temple

Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae ⓘ
surface form: Nubian monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae

Temple of Edfu ⓘ
Temple of Kom Ombo ⓘ
Temple of Philae ⓘ
containsCity Abu Simbel temples ⓘ
surface form: Abu Simbel

Aswan ⓘ
Daraw ⓘ
Edfu ⓘ
Kom Ombo ⓘ
containsDam Aswan High Dam ⓘ
Aswan Low Dam ⓘ
containsIsland Agilkia Island ⓘ
Elephantine Island ⓘ
Agilkia Island ⓘ
surface form: Philae Island

Sehel Island ⓘ
containsLake Lake Nasser ⓘ
containsMuseum Aswan Museum ⓘ
Nubian Museum ⓘ
surface form: Nubia Museum
containsTown Ballana ⓘ
El Sebaia ⓘ
El-Alaki ⓘ
El-Basaliya ⓘ
El-Radisiyah ⓘ
Kalabsha ⓘ
containsVillage Gharb Sohail ⓘ
Heissa Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kalabsha ⓘ
surface form: New Kalabsha
country Egypt ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Nubians ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site Nubian Monuments ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae"
knownFor Aswan High Dam ⓘ
Lake Nasser ⓘ
Nubians ⓘ
surface form: Nubian culture

ancient Nubian temples ⓘ
archaeological sites ⓘ
granite quarries ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Upper Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Southern Egypt

Upper Egypt ⓘ
locatedOn Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River
majorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
partOf Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Arab Republic of Egypt
river Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
UTC+02:00 ⓘ

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Wadi es-Sebua → governorate → Aswan Governorate ⓘ
Upper Egypt → hasPart → Aswan Governorate ⓘ
Aswan → isCapitalOf → Aswan Governorate ⓘ
Abu Simbel temples → locatedIn → Aswan Governorate ⓘ
Aswan → locatedIn → Aswan Governorate ⓘ
First Cataract of the Nile → locatedIn → Aswan Governorate ⓘ
Philae → locatedIn → Aswan Governorate ⓘ
Temple of Beit el-Wali → locatedIn → Aswan Governorate ⓘ
Temple of Kalabsha → locatedIn → Aswan Governorate ⓘ
Temple of Philae → locatedIn → Aswan Governorate ⓘ
Aswan High Dam → locatedInGovernorate → Aswan Governorate ⓘ
Lake Nasser → locatedInGovernorate → Aswan Governorate ⓘ
Temple of Amada → locatedInGovernorate → Aswan Governorate ⓘ
Temple of Maharraqa → region → Aswan Governorate ⓘ